?" pass his lips. Ilia speech was < ' pore. < It is quite natural that men who put words into a dead man's ( mouth should put such words as < they would themselves employ. | These alleged conversations in 1 which N. G. Gonzales is repre sentcd as confiding his thoughts and intentions to the veriest . strangers are entirely coot radio 1 fory to'his ,character and dispo- ! sit ion as known by those w ho ' weio intimately associated with him. lie was a reserved man; 1 he never stopped people on the etreet; he never sought co make ' uew acquaintances. Yet here 1 we have had him portrayed as a ' aairulous, indiscreet, street talker. What absurdity presented in the | name of evidence 1 TIIK ALLEGED ANIMOSITY. I So much for the alleged threats. Let us now consider the alleged , animus ol these alleged threats , N. G. Gonzales could have , had no reasonable desire to do .1 i Ft Tillman bodily injury was , well brought cut in the speeches | of the prosecuting attorneys; the | editor of The State had seen de- ; teat come to th* man whom he , had arraigned before the white ] electorate ot South Carolina as , unworthy of their confidence and suffrage; the editor could have rio reason to pursue a defeated ? candidate further. That is the , J ^ ^ i* 1 ? C I - XT viww in rwatuiu mihi oi lojru;. *\ov\ for the tacts. What was N. G Gonzales' real feeling toward Jim Tillman, what was his motive in tile campaign of 1902? The two men who were closest to Mr. Gonzales have as sworn witnesses in open court testified that they never heard him utter a word of personal animosity if) wards the man who became his slayer. One ol these two now proposes to go in tie further. Just before the campaign of 1902 opened, Mr. Gonzales and the writer weie discussing the prospect. The question arose, Will Jim Tillman be a candidate ""^v for governor ? Then came tiio other question, If he does offer himself as a candidate what shall be the policy of The State? This question only N. G. Gonzales had the right to decide. As usual With him, lie decided it as duty dictated. In substance he said: i? \7 t f J- - - i - ' ' i ou Know i uo not enjoy mo ( b$fter controversies and political that i have been in sol oiten. People think I enjoy | b%? hem, hut I don't. T would rather not make a tight on Jim rillrnan. I huvc more to live tor now than ever before, there is iome one else I must think of. [?' ?i,y r>tu,\p tpori or nov.*.!MTi>r?iwill take lhe lead in fighting Jim rillm%n I will be only too glad; u?d I think it, will he much bet ter, for then they can't, charge it to my hostility to Ren Tillman, is they will do if The Slate hiilroa ftio lo;?/t Itnt if nnbodv sine will do it, 1 will. Jim iilltnan is unfit to be governor and Lbe |)eople shall know it." No me else would take the lead and File State did. Be it said to the everlasting credit, of the South Carolina press that nearly every newspaper in the State backed Phe State with more or less rigor. During the progress of the campaign a delegation of Iieyward's supporters called upon the editor of The S'atc to say that hey thought The State's fight on Jim Tillman was hurting Hey ward and suggesting that The State be more mild in its methods, intimating that the. editor should subordinate Ids personal eeling for the sake of electing a dean governor. Mr. Gonzales i88ured tho gentlemen that he lad no particular interest in Hey ward's candidacy, that The State was not supporting IIoy.v.nd and that its altitude, in his opinion, could not damage Ileyward's chances. But, above all, lie assured them that lie con eived it his rlutv tn fli? npnnlp >f South Carolina to expose Jim j liilmau and that lie proposed to lo so regardless ot his personal opinion of him. He did s<>, and paid (or it with his lite live Months alter the election. THE "DEMONSTRATION." Having considered the absurd ty of the alleged threats and the illeged animosity in the light of S'. G. Gonzales' true character, let us consider the alleged "demonstration'' in the same light. In sustaining his plea of selfiefense, J. II. Tillman has sworn I hat he shot N. G. Gonzales because Mr. Gonzales uiet him with his hands in his pockets, that he glared at him, cut across jtowards lnm and rammed his hand into his pocket as if to draw a pistol. Why should any one imagine tiial N. G. Gonzales would carry a pistol ? To prove the reason ibleness of that supposition the jetenso produced a court record if 17 years a^o, which showed that when his life had been threat s?ned the deceased had armed himselt but instead of shooting bis assailant had let him oil with i clubbing. That was the only evidence that could ho lound that N. (1. Gonzales ever carried a ieadly weapon. 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Wr'fr? today for our free book which given our reference*, term*, etc. Manhattan Therapeutic Asa'n, Dep't B., 1185 Broadway, New York City. lm petent to produce in court the! numerous eclitoii.ils in The Stale since that date demanding the observance and the enforcement of the law against carrying conweapons and condopi"' ) " i P ^ its violators as menaces to the civilization of this commonwealth. Evidently these editor ials, however, were not con vine- 1 tug on th"t point, for the man who says he expected Mr. (ion . zaies to shoot must have read ineni, and the only conclusion is | that he did not. believe the editor ot The State lived up to bin own teachings. But he did, his con- ' sistency was unimpeachable. Lie 1 did not have a pistol 011 his per- ' son on the 15th day of last Jan- < uary nor was it his habit, to carry ( one. A pistol which belonged to , him?used, I think, during his campaign in Cuba?lay that day ] in his desk where it had been lor mouths untouched and it lies there today as these words are ' written, still untouched. COIRAQK. The quality ol courage which enables a man to go about unarmed when his lite is in danger is above the conception of cow- 1 ards, but that is the sort of cour age which A". G. Gonzales haJ. 1 As long ago as last summer, during the campaign, the writer told Mr. Gonzales of the conversation between Tillman and Ned Adams to which Adams testified on the stand. Mr. Gonzales did not utter one word in comment. Others warned him and some even urged him to carry a pistol but he refused to consider such a proposition because lie could not consistently do so. lie would rather lose his life than be inconsistent, and untrue to his principles. The Lexington jury has said that Tillman shot in self-defense. As he lay on the floor ol the State oilice that January day, shot through and through and sulTering agonies, N. (J. Gonzales turned to the writer and said: ' They can't plead self-defense this time!" Shall the world accept the finding of that jury or the declaration of the dying mar tyr? THK LIBERTY OF TIIK PRKSS. This article has proceeded upon the supposition that Tillman has been acquitted on his plea of self defense. That plea was lost sight of by his attorneys in their arguments, it appearing only oc cusioualiy. They rather sought to justify the homicide on the ground that the dead man was a political and personal nuisance, a fearless exposer of corruption and the corrupt, an enemy to demagogistn and dishonesty in high places. So bo it. Was it tor this that N. G. Gonzales died? lie thought so, and he died happy in the conviction that he gave his lite for truth ami righteousness for the honor of South Carolina. Hut no doubt he thought, too, that his sacrifice would be in vain, that the manner of his taking off would arouse his people to a sense of his dangers Irom I the evils which he had loutrhS? (he evils of corruption and lawlessness. Today it seems thai the sacrifice was indeed in vain. But has it been? The strong est, the clearest, the most couragost of us all has been silenced, but. can his fate cow the press ol South Carolina? Ah, they who think so ii'tle know the quality of Carolina manhood! Even in this dark day ot our commonwealth's shame?when Justice is by Prejudice?shall wo give way | to despair? Bather let every man speak?for that is a man's ear! in life CASTOR IA For Infant8 and Children, The Kind You Have Always Bought' Bears the /J? -*-**-' I Slgnaturu of J&CC&s'X j J Til RISK PKAYKItN. I1 t Three Methodist ministers as' they were dining together, talk- I ? ed about short prayers. "A 1 prayer as short as it waR irrev- i ** erent," said the firat, "was offered 1 up by a soldier before the battle g uf Waterloo. It was this this:1 -j 'O, God, if there be a God, eaye j ui.y sou 1, it I have a soul/ That prayer," said the second U minister, "resembles .orn composed by Bishop Atterbury in ^ the early part of the eighteenth 81 century. It was a prayer for the j> soldiers about to engage in bat- " tie, and it wau brief and impres 0, live. 'O, God,1 it ran, 'if. in tlie ^ day of battle, 1 forget Thee, do i? not Thou forget me.' " The third w minister, after a moment oi b) thought, smiled and said : "When w Tl( L was a lad one day L dined with i)( two strange aunts. They set me J.'J st the bead of the table and had bl me say gt *oe. I was taken aback, for 1 knew no grace to say,but a & text popped into my mind. 1 N rattled it oil' and after it was over I realized that it was appro- 80 priato enough. It was : kO, Lord, open Thou our lips and our ai / CT mouths shall show forth Thy praise.' "?Philadelphia Uecord. Saved Two From Death. "Our little daughter had an al most fatal attack of whooping cough and bronchitis." writes i Mrs. W. K. Ilaviland,of Armonk,hi N. Y., "but when all other remedies failed, we saved her''life m with Dr. King's New Discovery. Our niece, who had Consumption in an advanced stag\ also used 5 this wonderful medicine and today she is perfectly well." Des ? perate throat and lung diseases yield to Dr. Kind's New Discov- j| ery as to no other medicine on er.rih. Infallible for coughs and colds. 50c and $1 00 bottles guar unteed by Crawford Bros., J. 1* Maekey A' Co. and Fuderburk .\ I'barmacv. * NOTICE ! 11 n v I To the Taxpayers of Lan- caster County. ir 14 The Treasurer's oflico will be open for tlie collection of taxes {; for the present fiscal year,with " out penalty, from the loth day of October to tho 31st (lay of December. Tho levy is as follows : Mills I State r? County 4 Special (I<. C. H. R.) 'A H Sitikinjj Fund ( L. A C. R R.) 1 Constitutional school tax 3 Total 10 [ Sl'KCI A I. I.OCAI. I.KVY (S. C. A OA. K. It,] Jw A Cane Creek'township 4'? a Cilia ('reek " n] } i'leasant Kill " H A SI'RCIAI. MK'AI. I.KVY FOR HIIOOT. I'l'RI'OSKS. Van Wyck School District 2 I. Lancaster 4^ { Lancaster interest on bonds and siukiiiK fund 1 i. Kershaw 4 A Heath Springs it A Oak hurst 4 Jones X Koads 2 TOTAI. I.KVY IIY DISTRICTS. Indian I,and 10 j 4 " Van Wyck IS | I Waxhaw "'II 44 Van Wyck Is I Cane Creek 20)a j I " 44 < traded 2?>>a | " '* Jones X Koads Gills Creek 21 11 44 " Grailed 2711 44 44 Jones X Beads 2Hi Kuford 161 r lat Creek 1H I * ' Kershaw '20-1 IMeasant Hill 111! 5 " Kershaw 38 f< * Heath Spring* 22 f; ** Oakhurst 2814! " Junes X Koads 21 , 8 Cedar Creek 10 t " ** Jones X Koads 18 C I u Respectfully, ; j W. C. CAUTIIEN, L Co. Treas. Sept 28, '03?tf , * >0 YOU GET UP WITH A lyAMIv EACK? 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It has ?en tested in so many ways, in hospital ork and in private practice, and has roved so successful in every ease that a >ecial arrangement has been made by hich all readers of this' paper, who have ">t already tried it, may have a sample Jttle sent free by mail, also a book tellg more about Swamp-Root, and how to ml out if you have kidney or bladder trouie. When writing mention r< idiugtliis merous offer in this paper and send your ^ >llar size bottles are now? of Sn-amp'Root. ild by all good druggists. Don't make ly mistake, but remember tlie name, wainp'-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, id the address, llinghamtou, N. Y., on rery bottle. Todthern ry Schedule in effect Jan. 13. !Uv3. fttd Down I.,.:,.I jjp 1.-33. Da.lv N? . ij.uiu 'opm Lv Charleston Ar :5 50pm Jipen A.Suimnurvilto Ar .'itlpin >op'u Ar Kfngovliln Ar l-'5opm Tnr.se trains. Nc .s 33 anil :5t, will sti pon)\ at twimervllle, Mrunchviilo, Orangeburg tin? s?t. utihcws. Uetwcon KfngsvtllH unit UlacKsuurg rait Down Hostd Up a S3, Dally No. 34, Dally O.ptn Lv Kingsvlllo Ar 13 5 pin 15pm Ar Camden *r 11 .5o un oupm Ar Culawba Jet Ar U Olam " 'pni Ar Hock Hill Ar o 15am 59pm Ar Tirzah Ar Hhlitn u'J|un Ar Yorkville Ar r I'.'um 35pm A r Sharon A r 8 37uni 35pm Ar Hickorv Urove Ar 8 i5.un 30pm Ar &ui> rnu Ar 8il5.uu p\ 15pm Ar ItlackHburg Lv 7 Warn ' T?ahis Nos. 33 anil .5' .stop at all itnruriatiI atiotts between itlngsvllle and Hlacitsburc. Hclwucn Uoch Hill and Marlon end Down Knad Up o.3->. Daily , No.3d, Dally Oi'sttn Lv Rock 11 nm lo.iin Ar Smiriui A r 0 35pm lloain Ar lilntksburg Lv 8 40pui I4>am , Ar Marion LV 5 5op:u Noh. 3j and 30 atop at principal sin. ions beteen Uo< k Dill and Marion. Uetween Marlon and lllacksburg cad Down Read Up o.Cd, Daily ex Snn . No.07, Daily ex Sun l*him Lv Marion Ar 8 50pm Ooptn Ar lllacksbiirc Lv 3 50nm Train No. .13 will connect at Rock 111.1 with :iv.?ih!.iIi dlvi.-.mn No 4 for ci.;> lolle, Wa narion und Now York. Train No. 34 will inukc conn<-< ion at Rock i.l wiili Savannah division No. 33 Irom Charlie. W a-,Illusion und Now York No* 33 and 31 liamilc through l'lillman DrawiK Kooni a f i-1>iii.i tarsi between .V w Yo. k ai.il iiarlimton, via Camden ami Kovk Hill, ami inliik'Car b>-iwei:ii Rod, IJill and Washing?n. For further Information address, U V>. IIC NT, D. I'. A , Charleston, s. l'. W. H TAYLOR, VO.P.A., Atli v. I a. S ll. IIA It 1? n\ HK.U.I'. A.Washington,DC. AMCASTER & CHESTER RAILWAY COMPANY 0I1EDULE IN EFFECT JULY I'd. HIM WESTBOUND t Lancaster 7 15 a m I d p m v Fort Lawn 7 34 a m 5 lo p in v lla.scon,vlllo 7 <4 a rn 5i? in >\ Uiciii-urK J ho a ui a 3.i p in r Chester 8 15 a in f> A p in vnuriuuc-iuu.iif ... Vina III f" <> p III r Columbia?S?u Hv I 85 |> in 1 15 a m r Ailanl?-S.A.L Ky. ...I ho pin r Lenoir?O.AN- VV. K/....2 05 p in 0 (0 a ui KASTHOUND tr.LenoIr?GAN-W. Ry.... HUt) p ni 2 30 pm .v A tin ta -8. A. 1< Ky ... I i? p in iV (!(iiirluiie-Suu.Ky . ... 0 25pm ,v Chester . .." 9 15 a in 0 15 p m ,v Klchhurtf A.' a m i? AO p in v lluHcnmv lie I Ia in f I . t> in v For t l. k ' n It) 1H a in ? Ail p m r Lancaster. in 45 a in 9 15 p m r Camden?Sou. Kv 8 on p ?n r Cliuiiemon?Soil Ky ...7 15 p in A. I* McLUKK. Superintendent. I.KKOY a!*KINGS. Kreslilent. lyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. **!